11907554

Controlling Startup of Hard Disk Drive (hdd) by Locking Initialization of Small Computer System Interface (scsi) State(s) Using an Out-Of-Band (oob) Negotiation Process

PublishedFebruary 20, 2024
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8. The storage device according to claim 7, wherein the hard disk drive is a hard disk drive with a Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) port or an SAS port.

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9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, wherein a computer program is stored on the non-transitory computer readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, cause the processor to implement the steps of the method for controlling startup of a hard disk drive system as claimed in claim 1.

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10. The storage device according to claim 6, wherein the hard disk drive is a hard disk drive with a Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) port or an SAS port.

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11. The storage device according to claim 6, wherein the CPU accesses the SAS port control chip through a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) bus, and the SAS port control chip reads and writes the hard disk drive through an SAS bus.

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12. The storage device according to claim 6, wherein the number of hard disk drives in each hard drive group is the same or different.

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13. The storage device according to claim 6, the state of an SCSI application layer power state machine comprises a Powered_On state, an Active state, an Idle state, a Standby state, a Stopped state, an Active_Wait state and an Idle_Wait state.

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14. The storage device according to claim 13, wherein the SAS port control chip is further configured to set the state of the SCSI application layer power state machine as an Idle state through a firmware in the SAS port control chip.

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15. The storage device according to claim 6, wherein the SAS port control chip is configured to divide all the hard disk drives into two or more hard drive groups through a firmware in the SAS port control chip.

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16. The storage device according to claim 7, wherein the CPU accesses the SAS port control chip through a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) bus, and the SAS port control chip connects with the SAS port expansion chip through an SAS bus.

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17. The storage device according to claim 16, wherein each SAS Phy port of the SAS port expansion chip connects with a hard disk drive.

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18. The storage device according to claim 7, the state of an SCSI application layer power state machine comprises a Powered_On state, an Active state, an Idle state, a Standby state, a Stopped state, an Active_Wait state and an Idle_Wait state.

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19. The storage device according to claim 18, wherein the SAS port expansion chip is configured to set the state of the SCSI application layer power state machine as an Idle state through a firmware in the SAS port expansion chip.

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20. The storage device according to claim 7, wherein the SAS port expansion chip is configured to divide all the hard disk drives into two or more hard drive groups through a firmware in the SAS port expansion chip.

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Publication Date

February 20, 2024

Inventors

Yunwu PENG
Yu ZOU
Xuezong YANG
Hui TIAN

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